Results 41-60 of 292 for speaker:Pádraig Rice

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital from the year 2019 to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [16301/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing in each of the years from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital; and the staff categories these relate to, in tabular form. [16302/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently working in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital on an agency basis, by staff category, in tabular form. [16303/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Where is the promised amendment to the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill? In July of last year, the Dáil passed the first assisted human reproduction Bill, which has still not been commenced. A second Bill, to close the gaps in the law, was promised within weeks, but we still have no sight of it. Two days before the election, the then Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 237. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm that his Department are in contact with Irish medical professionals and other volunteers in Gaza; how often this contact is made; the measures in place to ensure the safety of these citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15413/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to provide additional special education classes in an area of County Cork (details supplied); her plans to increase the capacity of the special school in the area; if the National Council for Special Education has engaged with local schools in respect of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15120/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the Garda Representative Association's reported shortfall of 125 Gardaí in Cork city [15119/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of reports of abuse on several pig farms (details supplied); if his Department is investigating these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15764/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Services (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 722. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the resignation of multiple helicopter emergency medical service paramedics due to safety concerns (details supplied); the steps being taken to resolve these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15118/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Service Executive (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 767. To ask the Minister for Health if she or any of her Departmental staff were made aware of payroll overpayments within the HSE prior to release of an internal audit on 25 March 2025; and if so, if she will provide details of any relevant correspondence related to the matter. [15408/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Deaths (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 818. To ask the Minister for Health if she will conduct a review into a number of inquests and High Court cases (details supplied); if not, her reasoning; the research, if any, her Department has undertaken into the role of a technique in avoidable baby deaths since 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15767/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Investigations (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 819. To ask the Minister for Health the number of investigations and reviews held into serious reportable events in maternity units between 2016 and 2023 which resulted in negative outcomes in terms of patients’ care and staff conduct (details supplied); if she cannot provide this data, to ask the masters of those hospitals to provide said data in respect of outcomes; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mortality Rates (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the basis for the HSE’s current definition of perinatal mortality rate for the purposes of inclusion on maternity patient safety statements (details supplied); the body that agreed this definition; the reason for this limited definition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15769/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 821. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any regularly updated public-facing data sources that can be easily accessed by members of the public which state the number of babies under 2.5 kilogrammes, regardless of whether they had a congenital anomaly or not, that died in any given month, on a monthly basis and on a hospital-by-hospital basis; if so, the name of this data source; the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Care Centres (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 822. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of primary care centres in the State, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area (details supplied), in tabular form; the number planned for delivery; the number in HSE owned properties; and the number under lease agreement. [15773/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Care Centres (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 823. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of yearly rent on each primary care centre under a lease agreement, and the length of each lease agreement, by primary care centre, in tabular form. [15774/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: General Practitioner Services (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 824. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the strategic review of general practice; the timeline she is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15775/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the issues surrounding students’ eligibility for SUSI grants for a certain approved course under the part-time fee scheme (details supplied); if there are any plans to expand this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15113/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts by discipline, speciality, and clinical site, in tabular form; the number filled on a permanent basis, temporary, locum or agency; the number of vacant posts; the length of time each vacant post has remained vacant; and the total number under recruitment. [14737/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: From today, the crisis in our health service will deepen. This morning, 6,500 psychiatric nurses began industrial action in a dispute over unsustainable staffing levels. On Monday, a further 80,000 healthcare workers are planning to start a strict work to rule. At the core of this dispute is the pay and numbers strategy, a strategy which none of us has seen. This so-called strategy is...